Mary Frances Stumpf

Mary Frances Henricks Stumpf, born on December 7, 1945, passed away peacefully of natural causes on April 29, 2025 at the age of 79. 

"Frankie" was the proud mother of Ashley Borges (Mack), Harry C. “Clancy” Stumpf, Jr. (Brittany), and the late Piper Decareaux, and was a loving grandmother to Jack and Charlie Borges, Ian and Abigail Decareaux, and Sydney, Jordan, and Harry C. Stumpf, III. Mary Frances grew up in Gretna and was the beloved daughter of the late Charles A. Henricks, Jr. and the late Henrietta Richards Henricks. Preceding her in death are her grandparents Benjamin and Frances Richards and  Charles and Emma Carbides Henricks, and infant older brother Charles A. Henricks, III. 

A lifelong resident of the Westbank, Mary Frances attended Holy Name of Mary grammar school until the 5th grade, and then the Academy of the Sacred Heart at Grand Coteau, graduating in 1963. She earned her degree in education from Loyola University New Orleans in 1966 and spent her early career teaching American History and English Literature. She devoted her life to being an enthusiastic, involved mother, and was also an active volunteer and fundraiser for many school, community and civic organizations for which she held numerous leadership roles. Frankie's relatives and friends will remember her for her generosity, sense of humor, intelligence and spirited personality. She had a soft spot in her heart and was very supportive to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and The Academy of the Sacred Heart, Sodality of the Children of Mary, New Orleans. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to the above organizations, or a charity of your choice.

A private service and internment will take place at a later date at Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Gretna.